My own childhood was rotten. I had two parents who had neither the patience nor the inclination to do right by myself, my brothers or my sister. I had 18 years of being belted, yelled at and belittled until I got the hell out of the family. The abuse continued for another few...

Just a bit about my childhood which was difficult but then not the worst. There was constant physical punishment for things I or my sister never did, brutal negative put downs, mostly from a tyranical father who was very religious. That was shoved...